604 
INDEX. 
Cauliflowers, time and method of 
planting the principal crop, 
314 
sowing seed for late or win- 
ter flowering, 315, 370 
— — defending the flowers from 
sun and wet, 370, 405 
planting late, 370, 405, 431 
the proper time in autumn 
to sow, 48 1 
■ ■■■ winter preservation of full 
grown plants, 556 
— — best method of procuring 
good Cauliflowers in the 
southern states, 514 
Caves, rural, 72 
Cedar, red, 148,265, 337 
■ of Lebanon, 59, 273, 337 
white, 272, 337 
Celandine, 206 
Celeriac, or turnep-rooted celery, 
191, 556 
Celery, 130, 191, 321, 378, 406, 
431, 460, 479 
— to raise early, in the open 
ground, 322 
■ to preserve, for winter use, 
557 
Celsias, 363 
Centaureas, 363 
Chamomile, double, 159, 206, 
300, 469, 520 
Chelone glabra, 353, 469 
Cherry-tree, 27, 136, 214, 216, 
524, 562 
double flowering, 107, 164, 
301 
Chervil, 199,325,381, 479 
Chesnut, Spanish, or sweet, 45, 
234,271, 311, 534 
Chironias, 80 
Chrysanthemum, 424 
Chrysocoma, 363 
Christmas-rose, 501 
Chives, 198, 323,522 
Cineraria lanata, 452 
Cinerias, 363 
Cistuses, 59, 363 
Citron-tree, 472 
Clary, 207 
Cleome, 352 
Clethra, 301 
Clinopodium, 353 
Clumps of trees and shrubs, 69 
Cock's-combs, 298, 352, 424 
Codlins, 528 
Colchicum, 79, 395, 416, 468 
Collecting seeds, 437 
plants, 79, 469 
Columbine, 159, 299, 300 
Colutea, 363 
Composition, Forsyth's, 225 
Barnes's, 227 
Compost, for Carnations and 
Pinks, 295 
for Auriculas and Polyan- 
thuses, 347 
for Cyclamens, 417 
for Pine- Apples, 454 
for Tulips, 537 
for Hyacinths, 539 
— — for Ranunculuses and Ane- 
monies, 541, 542 
for the generality of Green 
and Hot-House plants, 510 
Comptonia asplenifolia, 301 
Conservatory, 90 
Convolvuluses, 299, 352 
Coreopsis, 80, 353, 354, 425 
Coriander, 199, 325, 382 
Cork-tree, 378 
Corn, Indian, 370 
Cornsalad, 461, 479, 553 
Coronilla, 361, 363, 427 
Corrosive solution, 142 
Cottages, rural, 71 
Cotyledons, 548 
Crab and Apple-tree hedges, 565 
Crassulas, 358 
Crocuses, spring, 79, 164, 394, 
416,468, 502, 543 
autumnal, 395, 416, 468 
Crown Imperials, 79, 394, 416, 
445, 468, 502,543 
sowing seed of, 468 
Cucubalus stellatus, 353, 469 
Cucumbers, in hot-beds, 11, 14, 
118, 122, 181, 183, 313, 366 
seedling beds for, 12 
stopping or topping, 121 
impregnating the female 
flowers of, 1 82 
in the Hot-House, 106, 180, 
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